Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Get the latest United transfer window updates, pre-season news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Bruno Fernandes will need his teammates to step up to the plate if Manchester United are to be successful this coming campaign.
That's according to former United striker Louis Saha, who doubts whether the Portuguese playmaker can replicate the astounding form that has made him one of the best midfielders in the Premier League over the past season and a half.
The Frenchman, who won the Uefa Champions League during a four-year stint with the Red Devils, believes that the opposition will target Fernandes more closely, but also states that he can step up another level if his colleagues in attack can lift some of the
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